Training courses

July 2017

  1. Deadline for application is 12 January 2017

    Distance learning course on occupational safety and health

    6 February - 21 July 2017

    The objective of this distance-learning course on OSH, delivered through an Internet-based platform, is to develop the competencies required for dealing effectively with occupational safety and health issues. The course has an estimated duration of 550 hours of study.

June 2017

  1. Deadline for application is 12 May 2017

    Improving OSH in Small and Micro Enterprises

    12 - 23 June 2017

    The objective of this course is to provide participants with the necessary concepts, methodologies, theories and techniques, and to develop the skills required to advise on and carry out OSH management in SMEs. The course focuses on OSH issues common to SMEs with limited human and financial resources, often operating in informal situations, and disseminates the ILO principles and concepts relating to OSH, participatory approaches and economic incentives for promoting compliance in SMEs, as well as selected international good practices.

  2. Os pedidos de inscrição para este curso deverão ser preenchidos online, até 19 de maio de 2017

    Safety and Health Management at work (Course in Portuguese)

    26 - 7 June 2017

    O objetivo deste programa é fortalecer a capacidade de desenvolvimento e implementação de sistemas eficazes de gestão da segurança e saúde no trabalho (SST) nas empresas. Após a conclusão do curso, os participantes estarão familiarizados com os conceitos básicos e as principais práticas para a gestão da SST na empresa. Especifi camente, os participantes serão capazes de: - Descrever os princípios e diretrizes da OIT sobre a gestão da SST na empresa; - Descrever as principais ações e conteúdos de um sistema de gestão da SST na empresa; - Aconselhar sobre a implementação de um sistema de gestão da SST na empresa; - Analisar o sistema de gestão da SST de uma empresa e propor medidas corretivas para sua otimização; - Transferir de forma ordenada e sistemática conhecimentos sobre sistemas de gestão da SST na empresa

May 2017

  1. Deadline for application is 03 April 2017

    Employment injury schemes and the prevention of occupational accidents and diseases

    8 - 19 May 2017

    The objective of the course is to strengthen the capacity of employment injury institutions in managing occupational accidents and diseases and to promote preventive approaches to OSH. The course is based on the ILO's long experience in this field and facilitates the sharing of selected innovative strategies that have been successful in promoting proactive preventive approaches to OSH involving employment injury schemes.

March 2017

  1. Deadline for application is 17 February 2017

    Labour Inspection of Occupational Safety and Health

    20 - 31 March 2017

    The objective of this course is to improve the performance of labour inspectors concerned with OSH in participating countries by equipping participants with the skills and tools required for conducting effective and efficient OSH inspections based on the ILO standards, ILO principles and fundamentals on OSH, as well as selected good practices on OSH inspections.

November 2016

  1. Deadline for applications: 30 September 2016

    National programmes and systems of occupational safety and health

    7 - 18 November 2016

    The general objective of this course is to strengthen the capacity of planning, developing and governing the national efforts to improve occupational safety and health (OSH).

October 2016

  1. Course

    Employment injury schemes and the prevention of occupational accidents and diseases

    10 - 21 October 2016

    The objective of the course is to strengthen the capacity of employment injury institutions for the management of the occupational accidents and diseases and the promotion of a preventive approach to occupational safety and health (OSH).

July 2016

  1. Deadline for applications: 8 January 2016

    Distance learning course on occupational safety and health

    1 February - 28 July 2016

    The general objective of this course is to develop the knowledge and the understanding for managing the occupational safety and health (OSH).

June 2016

  1. Deadline for applications: 29 April 2016

    Occupational safety and health management in the construction sector

    6 - 17 June 2016

    This course aims at strengthening the capacity for the implementation and development of an occupational safety and health (OSH) management approach in the construction enterprises.

March 2016

  1. Event

    The migrant workers protection in Honduras

    14 March 2016

    Both institutions have been working in the coordination improvement regarding a better protection of migrant workers, in topics like statistics information exchange and obtaining a work permit.

December 2015

  1. Event

    Academy on workplace compliance through labour inspection

    30 November - 11 December 2015

    The Academy will provide participants with a unique opportunity to gain new insights, share experiences and reflect on key issues, trends and challenges relating to workplace compliance through labour inspection.

October 2015

  1. Deadline for applications: 14 August 2015

    SOLVE training of trainers: Integrating health promotion in occupational safety and health policies

    21 September - 2 October 2015

    The overall objective of this course is to develop knowledge and skills that will lead to the integration of the psychosocial and health promotion issues into a comprehensive enterprise policy and establish a framework for preventative action.

April 2014

  1. Domestic workers

    Officials from Kuwait and Jordan explore methods to implement ILO international instruments on domestic workers

    23 - 24 April 2014

    Government representatives from Jordan and Kuwait meet to enhance their ability to implement ILO Convention No. 189 and Recommendation No. 201.

  2. This training course if offered in Spanish. Deadline for applications: 21 February 2014

    Occupational safety and health management

    31 March - 11 April 2014

    The general objective of the course is to strengthen the capacity for the implementation and development of occupational safety and health (OSH) management practices in enterprises.

April 2013

  1. Event

    Course"Identifying and investigating cases of forced labour and trafficking"

    15 - 19 April 2013

    The main objective of the course is to train participants to better identify and investigate cases of forced labour, including trafficking for labour exploitation. The course addresses the different stages of the process (inspecting workplaces, interviewing victims, gathering evidence), with a focus on the private sector (textile, agriculture, domestic work, etc.).

November 2012

  1. Event

    SOLVE training of trainers: Integrating health promotion in occupational safety and health policies

    12 - 23 November 2012

    The overall objective of this course is to develop knowledge and skills that will lead to the integration of the psychosocial and health promotion issues into a comprehensive enterprise policy and establish a framework for preventative action. This course will be held in French.

October 2012

  1. Event

    Employment injury schemes and the prevention of occupational accidents and diseases

    8 - 19 October 2012

    The general objective of the course is to strengthen the capacity of employment-injury institutions to improve the coverage and management of occupational accidents and diseases and to promote prevention as a means to occupational safety and health.

June 2012

  1. Event

    Occupational safety and health management in the enterprise

    4 - 15 June 2012

    The general objective of the course is to strengthen the capacity for the implementation and development of OSH management practices in enterprises.

February 2012

  1. Event

    Basic risk assessment

    30 January - 3 February 2012

    This course provides participants with the knowledge and skills to effectively implement the basic risk assessment technique for the improvement of the OSH conditions within enterprises.

November 2011

  1. Event

    Stakeholders’ workshop on the National Occupational Safety and Health Programme in Zambia

    28 - 29 November 2011

    The stakeholders’ workshop was convened to critique and refine the zero draft of Zambia’s National Programme on Occupational Safety and Health.